Jerry Trafton sent in these photos from the 19th : Couple fish caught in Tomales Bay on Sunday by Jon Berglund 

    There were a few other halibut caught by Hog on the weekend but much more fishermen than catchermen. The wind has blown all week on the ocean and the water isn't warming up any out front. The grunion just ran on the beach, which you'd think would be a good sign for halibut and stripers from the shore, but aside from a half a dozen hearsay reports of full moon stripers the only fish I've seen on the beach were the grunion. They are supposed to run every two weeks on the full and new moons, so maybe when the water warms a bit more we can catch a few halibut from the shore. The tip of the sand point now has a major channel (20'+ deep) right off the end of it and if you fish there you may see me. Or Gage. Probably Gage.

     The finale for Dungeness is here, and the crabbing in the bay has been on the slow side, although last Sunday one boat limited with 60 keepers from pots dropped in the outer bay. Red crab will remain closed for a while, as the last test at Pillar Point had one crab (out of 12) fail the testing. Maybe in August they'll open. I remember playing this guessing game with Dungeness and sucking at it, so I'll quit now. No more salmon landed here. I think the salmon catchers will be back next weekend, so we can see if it was luck or skill that put salmon in the boats last week. My money is on skill.